GEOMETRY, ALLOMETRY AND BIOMECHANICS OF FERN LEAF PETIOLES: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE EVOLUTION OF FUNCTIONAL AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WITHIN THE PTERIDACEAE

Herbaceous plants rely on a combination of turgor, ground tissues and geometry for mechanical support of leaves and stems.Unlike most angiosperms however, ferns employ a sub-dermal layer of fibers, known as a hypodermal sterome, for support of their leaves.The sterome is nearly ubiquitous in ferns, but nothing is known about its role in leaf biomec

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Abstract As the most popular sport around the globe, the game of football has recently intrigued much research interest to explore and distill useful and appealing information from the sport.Network science and graph-centric methods have been previously applied to study the importance of football players and teams.In this paper, for the first time

Introduction Transparent and accurate reporting is essential for readers to adequately interpret the results of a study.Journals can play a vital role in improving the reporting of published randomised controlled trials (RCTs).We describe an RCT to evaluate our hypothesis that asking peer reviewers to check whether the most important and poorly rep

Objectives: The aim of this double-blind, clinical trial study was to evaluate the clinical and antibacterial effects of a herbal toothpaste containing white mustard Sinapis alba extract in comparison to a placebo toothpaste.Methods: One hundred and thirteen participants with gingivitis were randomly assigned to the test group (experimental herbal